Metro News Release
For immediate release: July 25, 2003
Metrorail ridership continues to soar in July as Thursday’s ridership tops 700,000
On Thursday, July 24, Metrorail ridership reached 721,869 trips, putting yesterday’s total at number five in the top 25 all-time high ridership days in Metrorail history. It was also the seventh day this month that ridership surpassed the 700,000-mark.
An average weekday usually sees Metrorail ridership in the 650,000 to 670,000 range. The majority of riders travel during the morning and afternoon commute times; however, during mid-day and evening hours, the Metrorail system has much more capacity to carry customers. Weekends also tend to see considerably fewer riders in the Metrorail system, with fewer than 300,000 customers, another time when there is plenty of room to ride on Metrorail.
Metrorail’s High Ridership Days Including this Month
| Rank | Date | Ridership* | Event |
| 1 | 1-20-93 | 811,257 | Clinton Inauguration |
| 2 | 10-16-95 | 804,146 | Million Man March |
| 3 | 6-25-03 | 726,789 | No Event |
| 4 | 6-26-03 | 724,507 | No Event |
| 5 | 7-24-03 | 721,869 | No Event |
| 6 | 4-15-02 | 718,747 | Pro Israel Rally |
| 7 | 7-17-03 | 716,227 | No Event |
| 10 | 7-23-03 | 714,227 | No Event |
| 13 | 7-16-03 | 708,944 | No Event |
| 17 | 7-15-03 | 704,175 | No Event |
| 22 | 7-22-03 | 701,437 | No Event |
| 23 | 7-11-03 | 700,167 | No Event |
*Every trip a customer takes counts as one ride toward the total ridership count for a day.
News release issued on July 25, 2003.